HAL Prachand

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[125mm_Smoothbore]

 

[125mm_Smoothbore]

LiGHT Combat Helicopter

Specifications :

General characteristics

• Crew: 2
• Length: 15.8 m (51 ft 10 in)
• Wingspan: 4.60 m (15 ft 1 in)
• Height: 4.70 m (15 ft 5 in)
• Empty weight: 2,250 kg (4,960 lb)
• Max takeoff weight: 5,800 kg (12,787 lb)
• Payload: 1,750 kg (3,860 lb) weapons
• Powerplant: 2 × HAL/Turbomeca Shakti-1H1 turboshaft, 1,032 kW (1,384 hp) each
• Main rotor diameter: 13.2 m (43 ft 4 in)

Performance

• Maximum speed: 280 km/h (170 mph, 150 kn)
• Never access speed: 330 km/h (205 mph, 178 kn)
• Range: 700 km (435 mi, 378 nmi) with weapons
• Endurance: 3 hours 10 minutes
• Service ceiling: 6,500 m (21,300 ft)
• Rate of climb: 12 m/s (2,400 ft/min)

Armament

• Guns: 1 x 20 mm M621 on Nexter THL-20 turret with 800 rounds per minute
• Hardpoints:4 , with provisions to carry combinations of:
  • Rockets:
    • 4 × 12 unguided rockets
  • Missiles:
    • AIR TO AIR MISSILE:
      • 4 × 2 Mistral
    • ATGM
      • 4 × 4 Dhruvastra (planned)

Avionics

• Elbit CoMPASS optoelectronic suite
• Missile approach warning system
• Saab radar and laser warning system
• Chaff and flare dispensers

 

[Satish Sharma Ji]

 

[125mm_Smoothbore]

 

[Bhartiya Sainik]

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Where are MAWS, LWR, RWR?
An infographic shows those components but i can't spot them on body

 

[125mm_Smoothbore]

Where are MAWS, LWR, RWR?
An infographic shows those components but i can't spot them on body

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They would be on the production varient this is an old pic

 

[Satish Sharma Ji]

Where are MAWS, LWR, RWR?
An infographic shows those components but i can't spot them on body

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Lsps don't have them initially it was thought of to put same rudra package but then it was not something which we can't do it on our own.
Those 15 lsps will get indigenous ones.
They will have uv based maws (lwr/mwr)

 

[aspdeepak]

View: https://x.com/harshalpal5/status/1812023608467652813?s=46

 

[Clawreed]

There's still no atgm integrated to prachand. Quite a mystery.

 

[Vishnugupt]

There's still no atgm integrated to prachand. Quite a mystery.

It will start by the year end. (A reply for all indian weapons related threads )

 

[aspdeepak]

View: https://x.com/harshalpal5/status/1812023608467652813?s=46

If you notice these renditions carefully, you can observe that there are EW suit.

LSPs lack those as of now.

Production varients should have comprehensive EW suit, as that of our current HAL Rudra.


View: https://x.com/kunal_biswas707/status/1283196337803063296?s=46

 

[Vishnugupt]

If you notice these renditions carefully, you can observe that there are EW suit.

LSPs lack those as of now.

Production varients should have comprehensive EW suit, as that of our current HAL Rudra.


View: https://x.com/kunal_biswas707/status/1283196337803063296?s=46

A state of art EW suit being trailered for HAL prachand. It will be stall by end of next year (2025)

 

[aspdeepak]

View: https://x.com/harshalpal5/status/1812888313520402803?s=46

 

[Blademaster]

I really don’t like the wheels sticking out. They mar the beautiful profile of the fuselage outline.

 

[aspdeepak]

I really don’t like the wheels sticking out. They mar the beautiful profile of the fuselage outline.

Bro, here simplicity of design matters. The landing gears and their shock absorbers absorb most of the crash impact, before transferring them to the fuselage. Here fuselage also is crashworthy but only to an extend.

Moreover this simple design also keeps complexity in wheel folding mechanism, least to mention keeping it always available.

Majority of the attack helicopters follow this same design principles, including Apache, Tiger, Mangusta, z-10, MI-28, Rooivalk, etc

The only downside in this design is the aerodynamic performance(speed) impact, however they are negligible since most of the armaments themselves are carried externally. So they(external stores) would induce more drag than the landing gears themselves.

 

[Pundit Pikachu]

Indigenous Integrated Avionics Display System (IADS) for LCH.
From
View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xKCU8XDBLWc

 

[Clawreed]

It will start by the year end. (A reply for all indian weapons related threads )

Has it started?
It's taking forever.